Spouses 'fly high' during orientation

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Sachiko Vivacqua and other spouses look out the back of a MC-130P Combat Shadow here May 7 during a spouse orientation flight. Spouses from the 353rd Special Operations Group were treated to a small capabilities brief, a tour of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and their equipment and orientation flights during a spouse orientation day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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Spouses 'fly high' during orientation

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Staff Sgt. Andy Strause, a 17th Special Operations Squadron loadmaster, instructs Tina Anderson on how to properly wear a harness in the back of a MC-130P Combat Shadow here May 7 during a spouse orientation flight. Spouses from the 353rd Special Operations Group were treated to a small capabilities brief, a tour of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and their equipment and orientation flights during a spouse orientation day. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Chrissy Best)

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Spouses 'fly high' during orientation

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. Dennis Proctor, from the 320th Special Tactics Squadron, photographs his wife Yukako here May 7 during a spouse orientation day. Spouses from the 353rd Special Operations Group were treated to a small capabilities brief, a tour of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and their equipment and orientation flights on a MC-130P Combat Shadow and MC-130H Combat Talon II during the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

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Spouses 'fly high' during orientation

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Tech. Sgt. William Sanderson, a 320th Special Tactics Squadron weapons specialist, instructs Mary-Ellen Correia on how to properly aim a MP5 here May 7 during a spouse orientation day. Spouses from the 353rd Special Operations Group were treated to a small capabilities brief, a tour of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and their equipment and orientation flights on a MC-130P Combat Shadow and MC-130H Combat Talon II during the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by James D'Angina)

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Spouses 'fly high' during orientation

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Eileen O'Reilly climbs a rock-climbing training wall as Staff Sgt. Kevin Freyre, a 320th Special Tactics Squadron pararescueman, supports her here May 7 during a spouse orientation day. Spouses from the 353rd Special Operations Group were treated to a small capabilities brief, a tour of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and their equipment and orientation flights on a MC-130P Combat Shadow and MC-130H Combat Talon II during the event. (U.S. Air Force photo by Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram)

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Spouses 'fly high' during orientation

Published May 12, 2010
By Tech. Sgt. Aaron Cram
353rd Special Operations Group

KADENA AIR BASE, Japan -- Spouses of the 353rd Special Operations Group members took a closer look at some of the group's operations during a spouse orientation day here May 7.

Spouses were treated to a small capabilities brief, a tour of the 320th Special Tactics Squadron and their equipment and orientation flights on board a MC-130P Combat Shadow and a MC-130H Combat Talon II during the event.